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HSSC CLERK EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 2016

📆 February 5, 2025

Total Questions: 100

1. Out of the given alternatives select the one that best expresses the meaning of the word.

"EXORBITANT"

 

Correct Answer: (3) Excessive
Solution:Exorbitant (Adjective) = excessive; too much high price.

This can be used in sentence in such waym-

Prices are exorbitant in this shop.

2. Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase:

If you have a 'long face', you look___.

Correct Answer: (2) Sad
Solution:Pull, wear, have etc. a long face = (to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression.

3. Of the products of human effort, books are the most :

Read the following passage and answer the giv-en questions.

Books are, by far, the most lasting product of human effort.. Temples crumble into rain, pictures and statues decay, but books survive. Time does not destroy the great thoughts which are as free today as when they first passed through their author's mind. These thoughts speak to us through the printed page. The only effort of time has been to throw out of currency the bad products. Nothing in literature which is not good can live for long. Good books have already helped man in various spheres of life. No wonder that the world keeps its books with great care.

Correct Answer: (2) Permanent
Solution:Books are the most lasting/important product.

4. Time does not destroy books because they contain:

Correct Answer: (4) Great ideas
Solution:Time does not destroy the great ideas.

5. To throw out of currency' means:

Correct Answer: (2) Put out of use
Solution:To throw out of currency = put out of use

This can be used in sentence in such way-

The qualification has gained currency all over the world.

Bad products are thrown out of currency.

6. The world keeps its books with care because:

Correct Answer: (4) They help us in various spheres of life
Solution:Book help us in various spheres of life.

7. The synonym of the word decay is

Correct Answer: (3) waste
Solution:Decay (Noun) = gradual destruction; result of being destroyed by natural causes; waste.

This can be used in sentence in such way-

The landlord had let the building fall into decay.

8. Out of the given alternatives select the one that best expresses the meaning of the word.

"COUNTERMAND"

 

Correct Answer: (2) cancel
Solution:Countermand (Verb) = to cancel an order that has been given, especially by giving a different order; to revoke by a contrary order.

This can be used in sentence in such way-

Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.

9. Saira was musing ories of the past. memories of the past.

Choose the most appropriate word out of the four alternatives given below:

Correct Answer: (2) on
Solution:Muse = to think carefully about something; ponder.

This can be used in sentence in such way-

I sat quietly musing on the events of the day.

10. The news reports had been____ censored.

Choose the most appropriate word out of the four alternatives given below:

Correct Answer: (1) heavily
Solution:An adverb modifies a verb. The news reports had been heavily censored.
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